The 25th annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival took place Sept. 18 at the Outrigger Kona Resort featuring a line-up of the state’s most talented players. Billy V was the MC for the nearly ...

A dozen of Hawaii’s most talented slack-key guitarists are on the bill of the 27th Annual Kona Style Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival. “We have a very diverse lineup of great musicians,” said Milton ...

Kahumoku Jr. is a master of Hawaiian music, known for his work on slack key guitar and ukulele. Known as “Uncle George,” he’s ...

When he’s not playing lead guitar touring and recording with “Weird Al” Yankovic, Grammy winning musician Jim “Kimo” West pursues his love for Hawaiian slack key guitar. Releasing several acclaimed ...

Patrick Landeza is coming out of (semi) retirement to perform a big Bay Area show. Having pretty much stayed out of the performance spotlight in recent years — while concentrating on his many other ...

Leave the winter blues behind and enjoy Hawaii's tropical breezes when Keola and Moana Beamer, the "First Family of Hawaiian Music," perform Sunday evening. Keola Beamer is considered to be the ...

Making her debut at the annual Ki Ho’alu Festival at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Sunday, Namaka Cosma is a Na Hoku Hanohano Award-nominated rising Hawaiian music star, the daughter of Hana ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival will be making an appearance this Saturday at the Waikiki Aquarium. This festival will showcase some of Hawaii’s foremost musicians and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian artist Makana recently put out new music based on slack-key guitar stylings, but he continues to evolve his sound. Makana’s latest album “Pulama: Legacies of Hawaii ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Slack key guitarist Lance Takamiya responds to the first ...

The musical spirit of the Hawaiian islands and its welcoming aloha culture will flood Redondo Beach with laid-back waves thanks to the return of the Southern California Slack Key Festival. “One thing ...

When Hal Kinnaman first heard slack-key guitar music being played on a California beach 50 years ago, he fell in love with it, and learned to play it so well that he became a slack-key master, and ...